Thursday, January 10, 2013

Reality

Kicked down the doors and put theory in
cuffs, and dragged it away.

I failed to get a full (or even a scant
) inch of work done on the Green Leafy Shell, Tuesday. I almost
caught up yesterday—I added enough rounds, that, instead of 15
inches, the length is now almost 17 inches—that is, it's more than
16.5—but it is a round or two short of a proper 17 inches.

It seems like it should be longer, I
really knit a lot of rounds yesterday, and the skein of yarn is
significantly lighter, (and noticeable hollow)--Enough progress has
been made that I took a picture—It does look longer. Which is a
bit encouraging. But, at times I can knit round and round and
round—and measure it, and it's the same length—It's one of the
projects that just doesn't want to go through progresses checks.

I keep getting compliments on it—every
where I take it out to work on it. That's one of the good things
about this project. It really is pretty. Everyone has something
nice to say about the color—It is a pretty green—I don't agree
with the color name (green apple) but I do like the color(today's image doesn't do justice to the real color). And
everyone has something nice to say about the pattern. I think I
mentioned—I tried it on a few days ago—and its fits and feels
nice on, too. It's a bit clingy—ribbing will be that way—but
it's soft and stretchy—and isn't tight at all. It might be wider
than it needs to be—but better too big than too small. I just
need to just keep working at it.. getting my inch a day done.

On the other hand, I haven't been a
total slacker. I got some work done on the Mohair cowl—I
finished up the first skein of yarn. Now that I have finished 1
full ball—I find I have a 10 full inches of knitting. And has me
rethinking this project.

Should I frog—and make the cowl
wider? Currently it's just 18 inches. Deep cowls are so much nicer.
Maybe I should cast on more stitches, and it would be better—and it
would end up being shorter (that is I wouldn't have 10 inches of work
per ball...)

Or—being a knitter who hates to
frog—maybe--I could turn the work done so far into a hat. And then
start again with a new ball and make a bigger matching cowl. The
stitch has a lot of stretch—Oh but wait—those edges... no way I
can sew up an invisible seam.

On the other hand, I could knit a long
scarf.. 7 skeins at 10 inches a skein would make a long scarf...

Hell, no-- there is no way I am making
a 70+ inch long scarf!

Other options? Lots....—Well I will
have to think about what I will do.

Another distraction that kept me from the Green Leafy Shell was working on
version 2 of the Square Peg hat—It still needs a bind off/brim—but
the bulk of the hat has been knit—this time in Paton's SWS—I know
that this is a discontinued yarn—but it was very popular—and
there are tons of it stashed. Discount stores like Smiley's Yarn
still have a stock (and its one of the yarns on a supersale next
week—just $1.99 for a ball.) The hat only requires 1 ball—or at
least I am hoping it does! I want the pattern to be one that works
in a number of yarns.. with 2 examples of how it looks—before I
post it.

So—really I have gotten a lot of
knitting done... Even if I didn't get a full inch done each day on
the shell these past 2 days.